Sailing – Clearing into & out of Langkawi
Clearing into & out of Langkawi is easy. Immigration, Harbour Master & Customs located at the ferry terminal (Jetty point Complex) in Kuah.
Clearing into & out of Langkawi is easy. Immigration, Harbour Master & Customs located at the ferry terminal (Jetty point Complex) in Kuah.
Nasi lemak is a fragrant rice dish cooked in coconut milk & pandan leaf – served with sambal. Often also served with egg, peanuts, fried chicken or beef rendang.
What can I say about 2020? It has undoubtedly been a year of ups and downs for most people, I am sure. For us, 2020 has been 366 days of love, excitement and fun, as well as frustration, fear and bafflement. We have, surprisingly, still managed to do quite a lot of travelling during this time. – 7 flights took us 10,658km by air. We sailed two boats 6461 nautical miles and we enjoyed road trips and camping and travelled 4300km on land.
Street art has come along way from simply being graffiti, tags and the like. Most cities now boast some form of street art, many having beautiful wall murals. This popular form of artistic expression has become increasingly popular. Furthermore, as a tourist attraction the open air galleries, large public displays and annual street art festivals are bringing in the tourists!
13 museums that are fascinating, exquisite, weird, wacky and some are just down-right gruesome! 11 top travel bloggers share their favourite museums from around the world. From the exquisite Lourve Abu Dhabi to the wacky Walmart museum. Open air museums such as Port Arthur and 1880 Town to the gruesome Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. This list has it all!
Peace Haven offers boutique accommodation in the form of two B&B’s and a large villa. We stayed in the Hibiscus Villa B&B which was delightful in every way. The stand out elements of our stay, for me, would have to be the gorgeous setting, wonderful hosts, clean, comfortable rooms and being able to immerse myself in nature. Worthy of a special mention are the soft comfortable beds which are a blissful treat in South East Asia.
The year 2016 was a busy one! We managed 4500 sea miles, 603km by train, 14700km by plane and 3115km by automobiles (including 1065km on scooters!) Have a look at our journey in photos!
How do you see beautiful Penang on a tight budget? You see and do all the free things. You eat at the markets, and you jump on the free bus. Getting a good look at Penang – on the cheap – is simple because most of Penang’s temptations are free! Yes free! For instance, the street art, a major drawcard for Georgetown, is free. The stunning national park and turtle sanctuary, is free. Furthermore, those that are not free are cheap. The food in Penang, also a leading attraction, doesn’t have to be expensive. In fact, it is the hawker food which attracts all the foodies that flock to Penang to taste her delights!
Our favourite feature of Penang is the street art! Georgetown, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, has the majority of the art, but street art can be found throughout many other parts of Penang as well. The street art, which is now a prominent tourist drawcard, is a relatively new addition to this charming historic town. The idea of art to “mark” the UNESCO – Georgetown, was developed in 2009 with a competition which lead to 52 metal caricatures depicting the area’s history. Further to that, in 2012 the government asked a young Penang-based artist to paint some wall murals to brighten up the town… and the rest, as they say, is history. We have spent many an day, roaming the convoluted streets of Georgetown, vigilant to locate the street art. We have not seen it all yet, however the following photos will give you an idea of what is artistically on offer in the streets of Georgetown.
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